himself , only kasygin discussed all economic issues, and kasygin put forward, what is most interestings the sum of 200 million, that is, you understand, many times less, the united states could not agree to this, that is how they bargained, first kosygin said, well, okay, we are ready to give 100 million more, and nixon answered him, you say you are a very businesslike person, and the us grew threefold. with the help of the united states, a nitrogen plant was built in the ussr fertilizers, soviet agricultural machinery was sent to american farms. it was the heyday of brezhnev and nixon's detente. nixon began to be called an honorary citizen of moscow. in may 1972, the us and ussr delegations negotiated for a total of 42 hours, of which brezhnev and nixon spent 16 hours talking face to face. and the first step toward relieving global tensions, some experts even considered the signing of the treaties ending the cold war: a handshake, champagne, toasts, this scene with some variations had become familiar, even routine by that time, when the summit came to an end. you can deal with nixon,